Terms of Use
Effective Date: January 10th, 2026
Welcome to Whiskey Scene. By accessing or using this website, you agree to the following Terms of Use. Please read them carefully. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use this website.
1. About Whiskey Scene
Whiskey Scene is an editorial publication focused on whiskey, cocktails, cigars, collecting, tasting education, and modern drinking culture. The content on this website is provided for informational, educational, and editorial purposes only.
Whiskey Scene is intended for readers who are of legal drinking age in their location.
2. Legal Drinking Age
This website is intended only for individuals who are of legal age to purchase and consume alcohol in their country, state, province, or local jurisdiction.
By using this website, you confirm that you are of legal drinking age where you live. If you are not of legal drinking age, you must leave this website immediately.
3. Editorial Content
The articles, reviews, tasting notes, recommendations, opinions, and other content published on Whiskey Scene reflect editorial judgment, personal experience, contributor perspective, research, and available information at the time of publication.
Bottle availability, pricing, release information, tasting impressions, laws, shipping rules, and market conditions may change over time. Whiskey Scene does not guarantee that all information will remain current, complete, or accurate.
4. No Professional Advice
Content on Whiskey Scene is not legal, financial, investment, medical, health, or professional advice.
Any discussion of bottle values, collecting, auctions, secondary market trends, or investment potential is for editorial and informational purposes only. Whiskey Scene does not provide financial advice and does not recommend purchasing whiskey or related products as an investment.
Readers are responsible for making their own decisions and should consult qualified professionals when appropriate.
5. Responsible Alcohol Consumption
Whiskey Scene supports responsible drinking. Alcohol should be consumed legally, moderately, and responsibly.
Do not drink and drive. Do not consume alcohol if you are underage, pregnant, advised not to drink for medical reasons, taking medications that interact with alcohol, or otherwise unable to consume alcohol safely.
6. Cigar and Tobacco Content
Whiskey Scene may include editorial content related to cigars and cigar culture. This content is intended only for adults of legal age to purchase and use tobacco products in their jurisdiction.
Cigar and tobacco use carries health risks. Whiskey Scene does not encourage tobacco use and does not provide health or medical advice.
7. Affiliate Links, Sponsorships, and Advertising
Whiskey Scene may include affiliate links, sponsored content, advertising, partner placements, or other commercial relationships. When applicable, Whiskey Scene may receive compensation if you click a link, make a purchase, or engage with a partner.
Editorial coverage, advertising, sponsorships, and partner placements may appear on the website. Whiskey Scene aims to maintain a clear distinction between editorial content and paid promotional content whenever appropriate.
8. Product Availability and Pricing
Whiskey products, cigars, accessories, event tickets, memberships, and other items mentioned on Whiskey Scene may not be available in all locations. Pricing, inventory, shipping eligibility, taxes, and legal restrictions may vary.
Whiskey Scene is not responsible for product availability, retailer policies, shipping limitations, pricing changes, or third-party transactions.
9. Third-Party Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites, retailers, event pages, brands, distilleries, social media platforms, or other external resources.
Whiskey Scene is not responsible for the content, accuracy, privacy practices, policies, products, services, or actions of third-party websites. Visiting any third-party website is done at your own discretion and risk.
10. Memberships and Paid Content
Whiskey Scene may offer memberships, subscriptions, paid content, digital downloads, private content areas, or other premium features.
Membership access, benefits, pricing, billing terms, cancellation policies, and refund terms may be described separately on the applicable membership, checkout, or account pages. Whiskey Scene reserves the right to modify, update, pause, or discontinue membership features or benefits at any time.
11. User Accounts
Some areas of the website may require registration or account access. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account.
You agree not to share restricted content, misuse your account, attempt unauthorized access, or interfere with the normal operation of the website.
Whiskey Scene may suspend or terminate access to an account if there is misuse, violation of these terms, payment failure, abuse, or other conduct that harms the website, publication, contributors, readers, or business operations.
12. Intellectual Property
All content on Whiskey Scene, including but not limited to text, articles, reviews, tasting notes, graphics, images, layouts, logos, branding, downloadable materials, and other website materials, is owned by Whiskey Scene or used with permission, unless otherwise stated.
You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, republish, sell, scrape, or exploit website content without prior written permission.
You may share links to publicly available Whiskey Scene content for personal, editorial, or social purposes, provided the content is not misrepresented and proper credit is given.
13. User Submissions and Comments
If Whiskey Scene allows comments, submissions, contributor inquiries, reviews, messages, or other user-generated content, you are responsible for the content you submit.
You agree not to submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, abusive, threatening, obscene, invasive of privacy, infringing, misleading, spam, or otherwise harmful.
By submitting content to Whiskey Scene, you grant Whiskey Scene the right to review, edit, publish, decline, remove, or use that content in connection with the website and publication, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
14. Contributor Content
Whiskey Scene may publish work from contributors, reviewers, industry professionals, guest writers, or creative collaborators.
Contributor opinions belong to the individual contributor and do not necessarily represent the views of Whiskey Scene as a whole. Whiskey Scene reserves the right to edit, decline, update, remove, or archive contributor content at its discretion.
15. Prohibited Use
You agree not to use this website to:
- Violate any law or regulation
- Promote underage drinking or irresponsible alcohol use
- Attempt unauthorized access to the website or related systems
- Copy, scrape, or reproduce website content without permission
- Upload malware, spam, or harmful code
- Interfere with website security or performance
- Misrepresent Whiskey Scene, its contributors, partners, or content
- Use the website in a way that harms other users, contributors, advertisers, sponsors, or the publication
16. Website Availability
Whiskey Scene may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the website at any time. The website may occasionally be unavailable due to maintenance, technical issues, hosting interruptions, security updates, or other causes.
Whiskey Scene does not guarantee uninterrupted access to the website.
17. Disclaimer of Warranties
This website and its content are provided “as is” and “as available.” Whiskey Scene makes no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, or suitability of website content.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Whiskey Scene disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
18. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Whiskey Scene, its owner, contributors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners, and service providers shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or other damages arising from your use of this website or reliance on its content.
This includes, but is not limited to, damages related to purchasing decisions, product use, third-party websites, membership access, technical issues, errors, omissions, or changes in information.
19. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Whiskey Scene, its owner, contributors, affiliates, partners, advertisers, sponsors, and service providers from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising from your use of the website, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your infringement of any rights of another party.
20. Changes to These Terms
Whiskey Scene may update these Terms of Use at any time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms.
21. Governing Law
These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the state of [Insert State], without regard to conflict of law principles.
Any disputes arising from use of this website shall be handled in the appropriate courts or forums located in [Insert County/State], unless otherwise required by law.
22. Contact
Questions about these Terms of Use may be directed to:
Whiskey Scene
contact@whiskeyscene.com
23. Legal Disclaimer
This Terms of Use page is provided as general website policy language and should not be considered legal advice. Whiskey Scene may wish to have these terms reviewed by a qualified attorney to ensure they meet the publication’s specific legal, business, membership, advertising, and jurisdictional needs.
